[78-L] Live recordings in the 1930's (was Jack Jackson date)

[David Lennick]

DRG, reissued from EMI (I forget what LP label but it seems to me it had the 
same cover). I'd be skeptical about this. DRG albums contained a lot of 
misinformation. I have this album but not where I can put my hands on it at the 
moment.

dl

On 1/22/2011 9:27 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> There's an album with those 1934 "Dorchester" recordings (Jack Jackson&
> His Orchestra with Alberta Hunter) which is advertised as actually being
> recorded in the hotel:
> http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1027357/a/Legendary+Alberta+Hunter%3A+%2734+London+Sessions.htm
> Chris Albertson has written the liner notes. I don't have the album - if
> anyone has, it'd be interesting to know if he gives more details about
> the recordings.
> Kristjan
>
>
> simmonssomer skrev 2011-01-23 02:19:
>> You're right about those other bands Kristjan. But just above the first
>> session of Jackson'd band in
>> Rust's "Jazz Records" Rust made a notation... "The following records by this
>> orchestra from the Dorchester Hotel, London .............
>> Did that mean they were recorded at the Dorchester or that the band was
>> "from the Dorchester"' as it normally played there.
>> Language...language!
>>
>> Al S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kristjan Saag"<saag at telia.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:46 PM
>> Subject: [78-L] Live recordings in the 1930's (was Jack Jackson date)
>>
>>
>>> J. E. Knox wrote:
>>>> Victor 25042-B's label states "at the Dorchester Hotel, London" but I
>>>> believe that just refers to Jackson's "home base" at the time, not
>>>> that the track was recorded there. Or was it?!
>>>> ---
>>> You're quite right. One should be careful to assume, from this type of
>>> orchestra name on the record label, that the recordings were done on
>>> location.
>>> For instance: Ambrose's band in the early 1930's was named "Ambrose&
>>> His Orchestra at the May Fair Hotel, London", but, according to Rust&
>>> Forbes' British Dance Bands Discography,  some of their recordings were
>>> made in the Small Queen's Hall, others in the Kingsway Hall etc.. The
>>> rest have just "London" as location, which, according to a note Rust
>>> makes for the Hylton band, means the Abbey Road studios (for Gramophone
>>> Co recordings) from November 1931.
>>> Roy Fox's band around 1931-1932 was labelled "Roy Fox and his Band at
>>> the Monseigneur Restaurant, London" on record, but recorded some of its
>>> titles in Chelsea Town Hall. For the rest of the recordings Rust&
>>> Forbes have just "London", which, in this case, probably means the Decca
>>> studios in Kings Road.
>>> Does anyone know how often actual live recordings of dance band music,
>>> for record release, were made in those years? And I don't mean later
>>> issues of broadcast recordings, made in studio over wire, but recordings
>>> actually cut on location.
>>> Kristjan
>>>
>>>